Combined pencil case



' (No' Model.)

-G. S. WILLIAMS.

COMBINED PENCIL CASE, SHARPENER AND ERASER. No. 245,250. Patented Aug.2,1881.

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GEORGE S. WILLIAMS, OF GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT.

COMBINED PENCIL CASE, SHARPENER, AND ERASER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 245,250, dated August2,1881.

' Application filed June 11, 1881. (No model.) d

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Cos Cob, town of Greenwich, county of Fairfield, and Stateof Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in CombinedPencil Case, Sharpener, and Eraser, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention consists in the combination of a pencil-case, apencil-sharpener projecting from such case atits upper end, and adetachable eraser-case, havingits lower end fitted to the upper portionof the pencil-case, and having an eraser inserted into its upper end,thus entirely inelosing and protecting the sharpener, as hereinaftermore fully set forth.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 represents alongitudinal central section. Fig. 2 shows thepencil case and sharpener without the eraser-case. Fig. 3 shows theeraser-case detached.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A designates the pencil-case; B, the sharpener, C, theeraser-case; and D, the (IHSPIH The pencil-case A is slitted in theusual manner upward from its lower end, where it is open to receive anordinary lead-pencil, and the sharpener B projects from the upper endthereof, being fixed thereto in any suitable manner. This sharpener Bconsists of the usual tapering socket, having an elongated cutting-edgeand chip-discharging mouth, and the upper or greatest diameter of thesharpener is approximately equal to the diameter of the pencil-case. Theeraser-case C is fitted snugly at its lower end to the upper portion ofthe pencil-case A, and the eraser D, consisting of a tip ofindia-rubber,is inserted into its upper end.

When it is desired to use the pencil-sharpener B, the eraser-case C issimply detached or removed from the pencil-case, thus exposing thesharpener, while, when the latter is not in use, the eraser-case isplaced on the pencil-case, and in this manner the sharpener isentirelyinclosed and protected-namely, at the side by the eraser-case,and at the top by the eraser. v

The cutting-edge of the pencil-sharpener B is made oblique instead oflongitudinal, relatively to the upper and lower edges thereof, for thepurpose of adapting the sharpener to produce a draw-cut, and I reservethe right to make this feature the subject-matter of a separateapplication for a patent.

I am aware that it is not new, broadly, to combine a pencil case,sharpener, and eraser, and I do not claim such; but

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, substantially as hereinbefore set forth, of thepencil-case, the pencilsharpener projecting from such case at its upperend, the detachable eraser-case, having its lower end fitted to theupper portion of the pencil-case and having the eraser inserted in itsupper end.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE S. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses:

THos. L. CoLEs, CHAS. WAHLERS.

